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I also think its important not to net any fish that are going to be released.

I read all the doom and gloom About the salmon fishery and demise of alewives but I know this year there was not shortage of alewives in different year classes at Ludington where I fish.

I have Catalina's and they have the best drag of any of the reel I have ever used smooth and no stalling. If you buy Shimanos and use the fore grip with thier linecounters be prepared for the counter to hit your wrist if you pump the rod.

Poor ergonomic design IMO.

City marina and Harborview in Ludington have had grinders since they opened ! Both launches have grinders open seasonally.

Why do I see a Chinese banner written in Chinese at top of the page some times?

Nice clean looking boat and I'm sure you will enjoy the extra room !

You have to remember warm water is the most biologically productive for zooplankton to feed in and wheres theres plankton will be alewives and the predator fish.

Looks like trot line rigs to me.

When the marina closes October 15.

Nice work I know fishing was hot in Ludington over the weekend, good to hear of great catches to bad season has to end soon.

Nice is that a glow Easter egg?

When you say 3 yr old fish do you mean mature or immature fish? Most people dont realize the bulk of spawning fish are 3 yrs old...

Report was written by local charter captain .

Welcome to the site.

I fish Ludington and agree with Supertramp that there is a good offshore fall fishery but weather is a issue.I usually fish till mid October but weather is a crap shoot.

The horn as we have always called it is the ledge between the two areas that are circle on the chart. It is a ridge that protrudes out as you take a westerly course out of the harbor. It creates a lot of current deflection with north and south winds being the most pronounced.

Nice job on the fish! I wondered how they were going to deal with the huge hole down the keel on that Tiara to get it off the pier, duck tape fixes everything!

A friend of mine said he saw some flexseal in a store on sale in Ludington thought they would of gave that a shot LOL

Nice job on the fish Ryan!

Dennis if you look at a chart of Ludington you will see a finger like bottom contour that projects out into deep water just about straight out of the harbor into deep ware. It forms dish like depressions to the north and south of it.

I have heard to it refered to as the horn for ages.

Good job Dennis nice to meet you and would like to say how nice of you to help out my neighbor with his boat issues especially when you didn't even know him.

Google grant money given to the Badger and you will see they have received public grant money over the years so yes both have received public assistance.

He turned it on, at which point his electronics failed

I was out fishing the evening the accident took place and there was fog to the south about 3 miles friends of mine who came in at the same time reported visibility of at least 2 miles coming in fro the north.The law requires all commercial vessels that have radar to use it at all times so why was he just supposedly turning it on while running in the dark?

I have known the captain of the boat for years and know he is technologically challenged when it comes to electronics.Even if his equipment failed he should of reduced his speed and tried to orientate himself as to exactly where he was.

I have seen many boats over my 35+ years of being a slip holder in Ludington crash the walls and I personally believe that they get fixatated on the lights of the stub piers and that's how they end up in trouble.

Just a another example of people not following the basic tenants of boating rules of the road which state when operating in reduced visibility you should also reduce your speed.

I think instead of spending money on lobbyist the badger should use the money to figure out how to quit polluting our waters and the issue would quite down .Everyone I know loves the boat but hates the pollution it produces.

The captain in question should of had his radar on as required by law when operating in restricted visibility and also required on commercial vessels.

Good job on the fish it's nice we don't have the nets to contend with for now.

Nothing like western USA so much to see and a sportsmans paradise.